Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Bastnasite Ore and Separation of Heavy REEs and Light REEs by Solvent Extraction
摘要
In this study, rare earth elementsRare earth elements in bastnasite oreOre from Eskişehir, Turkey, were extracted by leachingLeaching using EG-FeCl3-based deep eutectic solventDeep Eutectic Solvents (DES) together with the following solvent extractionExtraction. LeachingLeaching conditions such as temperature, FeCl3 molarity, solid–liquid ratio (S/L), time, and mixing speed were determined using Taguchi orthogonal (L32) method. About 62.704 wt.% of light REEs (La, Ce, Nd, Pr) were dissolved after the calcination of the oreOre using 1 M of FeCl3 at S/L ratio of 0.05, with 600 rpm of stirring rate for 16 h at 50 °C. Heavy REEs and light REEs were separated by solvent extractionExtraction. D2EHPA extracted Y and Th from the leachate sufficiently. The highest distribution ratio for both elements was 17.28 and 8.39, respectively. Following to extractionExtraction, 74% of Y has been stripped back to 2 M HNO3 solution.